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EbonyRain

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About Me


My Circle of Friends... :)

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I'd like to meet:

Anyone who dares to dream big dreams and actively chooses to chase their life's passion, whatever that may be.

Music:

80's & 90's R&B (Guy, BlackStreet, David Hollister, Boys II Men, Jodeci, Force MDs, Real Hip Hop and right now I am loving the local DFW artists (Bavu, Dow Jonez, DDC, Steve Austin, Original Soul, Verbal Seed, PPT, T-Wrex, Devotion 420, Strange Fruit Project, Colby Savage, and Joulz Il just to name a few); Classic Hip Hop (all of it), Real Artists (Thesis, Jill Scott, Goapele, Alicia Keys, Erykah Badu, Donnell Jones, David Hollister, Maxwell, Van Hunt, D'Angelo, Leela James, Joss Stone..., Old School Soul Singers (Aretha, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Kahn, Bobby Womack, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding...), Jazz (starting to really enjoy it, still a novice), Alternative (Whatever that means), Top 40 Pop (Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Alanis Morrisette, Linkin Park...), it doesn't really matter the genre, I just love great music, period.Currently listening to as of 2/07 the following:Raheem DeVaughn "The Love Experience", Algebra Blessett The Roots Live Album, Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", Prince - anything recorded Live (i.e. Shhh and Insatiable), Dawgwonder's "The Dawg Show",Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full", and Original Soul's "The Glass Album".

Movies:

The Devil Wears Prada, Little Miss Sunshine, The Breakup, Prestige, The Pursuit of Happyness, Mystic River, Love Jones, The Color Purple and The Notebook...I want to get into watching some classic movies from the past. If anyone has suggestions, please advise.

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Television:

Grey's Anatomy, CSI (all of them), old episodes of The Cosby Show and A Different World, Rome and The Wire (I just started really watching these two...thank you TIVO...and I enjoy watching them when I have some down time.

Books:

East of Eden is to date one of my favorite books ever read. This year I have read The Souls of Black Folk, Measure of a Man, The Art of War, Money Can't Buy You Love and I just started reading Pursuit of Happyness.

Heroes:

Mom, Dad, Grannie, Big Daddy and Granddaddy (Poppa Holman), my little sister and brother, plus all of my dearest and closest friends. I have been blessed with a wonderful network of truly amazing comrades who I look up to because they all have characteristics that I am working to embody one day. Thanks you guys, I love you all!

My Blog

Journal Entry 5/22/07: The MUSIC

Music...in its truest form, elevates our minds to a higher plane, to a place unknown where we are awakened and enlightened. It's the journey from A to the most distant Z...the connecting train that ...
Posted by EbonyRain on Wed, 23 May 2007 07:44:00 PST

Journal Entry 04/13/07: Girls Inc.

With all the controversy swirling around Imus' and his disgusting statements made the day after the Rutgers University women's basketball team lost in the Final Four championship game, it's encouragin...
Posted by EbonyRain on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:25:00 PST

Journal Entry 04/09/07: An Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks

Here's a thought...If I want to change something about myself at 31, it should be possible. I believe that if you want to be conducive to positive change within yourself, first you have to acknowledg...
Posted by EbonyRain on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

Journal Entry 02/28/07: I Choose to Be Happy

I woke up today in not the best spirits and I honestly cannot tell you why... I noticed that after showering and drying off, my eyes began to water and then I looked in the mirror and saw that I was c...
Posted by EbonyRain on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:23:00 PST

Journal Entry 9/24/06: My FFL (Friends for Life)

  I am super tired right now but had to put my feelings down on paper about my friends.  Friends are what I call the people in my life that I view as my family.  They are people that I ...
Posted by EbonyRain on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:04:00 PST

Journal Entry 9/14/06: My Muse

my muse   our future is dire, at best uncertain but that doesn't take away the notion   my desire to get to know you precedes all others, i finally comprehend the true meaning of determined ...
Posted by EbonyRain on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:36:00 PST

Journal Entry 8/22/06: My Journey

I'm not a blogger by any means but I had to articulate the type of mood I am in and share with anyone who would like to read some of my thoughts about appreciating the person that we are in all o...
Posted by EbonyRain on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:12:00 PST